Arm yourself with these clever comebacks for sugar-quitting critics!

When you tell people you’re quitting sugar, it’s sure to stir up a lot of conversation!

Yep, if you’re joining us on our I Quit Sugar: 8-Week Program, you can expect to get some friendly banter about your new “diet”. Even though all you’re doing is eating lots of real, delicious foods and cutting out the crap, right? Doesn’t sound like a diet to us!

But don’t worry – we’ve heard it ALL before. And we’ve developed the comebacks to match. So next time you face a doubter, try one of these quick-fire responses. Who knows, you might even convert them!

We originally published this post in May 2016. We updated it in August 2017.

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